A man technically dead for 10 minutes was kept alive by a Papillion police officer, who just happened to be nearby.

A man technically dead for 10 minutes was kept alive by a Papillion police officer, who just happened to be nearby.

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Updated: 10:21 AM CDT Aug 27, 2015

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WEBVTT ROB, BACK TO YOU. ROB: YOU'D NEVER KNOW BY LOOKING, BUT THE MAN YOU'RE ABOUT TO MEET NEARLY DIED. HIS HEART STOPPED FOR TEN BUT A PAPILLION POLICE OFFICER WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. AND TONIGHT, THEY'RE MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME. KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S DAVE ROBERTS IS LIVE. DAVE: DOCTORS CAN'T BELIEVE TOM REBER'S STILL ALIVE. A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK ESSENTIALLY KILLED HIM IN JULY. NO PULSE, FOR TEN MINUTES. BUT THE ENTIRE TIME, ONE POLICE OFFICER WOULDN'T GIVE UP. FRANK: THANKS A LOT. TOM HOW'S IT GOING? :FRANK: YOU LOOK GOOD. DAVE: YOU WON'T SEE ANY HUGS, BUT THEIR BOND IS PLAIN TO SEE. FRANK: IT'S NOT THE SITUATION YOU LIKE TO COME UP ON, BUT I'M GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO HELP YOU. DAVE: PAPILLION POLICE OFFICER FRANK MATYJA AND TOM REBER. THEY MET BEFORE, JULY 2, ONLY TOM CAN'T REMEMBER. PICKUP. NOT BREATHING, NO PULSE. WITH AN AMBULANCE STILL MINUTES TOM: I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THE OFFICER WAS GIVING ME CPR, HE WAS CALLING MY NAME AND SAYING, "COME ON, TOM, COME ON." DAVE: WHEN TOM'S HEART WOULDN'T PUMP BLOOD, OFFICER MATYJA'S COMPRESSIONS KEPT IT FLOWING. FRANK: WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE TO YOU. YOU STANDING HERE, IT'S KIND OF, I MEAN YOU'RE MY FIRST ONE. , YOU'RE MY FIRST CPR EVER. THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO HUNT YOU DOWN. TOM CO M: YOU DID GOOD. DAVE: FOR TEN MINUTES, TOM WAS CLINICALLY DEAD, UNTIL PARAMEDICS ARRIVED AND SHOCKED BETH: UNBELIEVABLE, UNBELIEVABLE. JUST I CAN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH. DAVE: TOM'S WIFE WATCHED EVERYTHING THAT DAY, FROM THE MOMENT HER HUSBAND'S HEART STOPPED TO THE MINUTE IT STARTED BEATING AGAIN. BETH: YOU DID A GOOD JOB. YOU JUST GET EMOTIONAL. CHIEF LYONS: I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW PROUD WE ARE THAT OFFICER MATYJA WAS ABLE TO DO THAT, OUR COMMUNITY TO GIVE BACK. TOM: THE GOOD THING IS, YOU DON'T HEAR MUCH OF AND THIS IS GOOD, I'M HERE. I GOT MY GRANDSONS HERE, MY FAMILY HERE, BECAUSE OF YOU GETTING HERE. NOT ONLY KNOWING WHAT TO DO, BUT YOU GOT HERE QUICK. DAVE: OFFICER MATYJA AND TOM TOGETHER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THEY SAY IT'S THE BEGINNING OF A WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIP, OUT OF THE